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Men’s Tennis, Looking to Retool After Williams Transfer, Closes Out Solid Fall Season
Harvard men’s tennis opened its 2024-2025 season with a strong fall swing, playing in six tournaments and capitalizing on the chance to evaluate its new roster additions before the calendar turns to the spring.
Men's Tennis Finds Mixed Success at ITA Tournament
This past week saw Beren Tennis Centre play host to the Men's ITA New England Regionals, a five-day event running from Thursday through Monday. The main draw featured nine Harvard athletes amongst a field of 150 other competitors, with eight competing in the singles event and five duos representing the Crimson in doubles. The competition would see the finalists of the single event and the doubles champions earn the opportunity to move on to the NCAA Individual Championships later this year, hosted in Waco, Texas.
‘One Match at a Time’: Men’s Tennis Methodically Works Its Way to Glory
Winning a third consecutive Ivy League title (the 33rd in program history), dominating on the court, and showing great promise for the future, the Harvard men’s tennis team has earned itself the honor of Team of the Year after a season of triumphs.
Men’s Tennis Continues Push Towards Ivy Title
The No. 12 Harvard men’s tennis team (17-5, 3-0 Ivy) continued its strong showing in conference play this weekend, besting the No. 72 Yale Bulldogs (10-8, 1-1) on Friday, 5-2, and Brown Bears (5-15, 0-2) on Sunday, in a 7-0 sweep.
Men’s Tennis Posts Impressive Results During California Road Trip
The No. 10 Harvard men’s tennis team (13-5) entered spring break with fresh legs, traveling across the country to California to take on the No. 47 University of California Santa Barbara, California Lutheran University, No. 40 Pepperdine University, and No. 29 University of California Los Angeles. It emerged with a 3-1 record on the trip, making the cross-country trip worthwhile.
Men's Tennis Sweeps the Weekend, Bests No. 13 Duke and No. 44 Northwestern
The No. 8 Harvard men’s tennis (8-4) team posted two key victories this past weekend, defeating a storied No.13 Duke (9-5) program, and besting the No. 44 Northwestern University (5-9) Wildcats for the fifth time in a row.
After Ivy League Title, Harvard Women's Rugby Ready to Compete for NIRA Glory
In the 79th minute of the 2023 Ivy League 15s Championship Rugby game, featuring rivals Harvard University and Dartmouth College, everything was on the line as first-year Neasa McLaughlin tied the game with a try. As time ran out, sophomore Skylar Jordan’s kick secured the game for the Crimson, with Harvard beating Dartmouth 19-17 thanks to her conversion.
Claire Ochal Takes Helm as Head Coach of the Harvard-Radcliffe Heavyweights
As Harvard women’s heavyweight rowing enters its 2023 season and the historic Head of the Charles Regatta approaches, Claire Ochal begins her first year as head coach of the team. Ochal replaces previous head coach Liz O’Leary, who had an incredible 37-year impact on Crimson heavyweight rowing.
In Her Senior Season, Harvard Women's Volleyball's Ashley Wang Makes Triple-Doubles History
Ashley Wang recorded her sixth triple-double of the season on Oct. 6 as Harvard women’s volleyball (11-5, 4-3 Ivy League) took on Princeton in its 13th game of the season. An athlete that scores double figures in three or more of five statistical categories— aces, kills, digs, blocks, assists — posts a triple-double. Wang is now one triple-double shy of setting the school record, meaning she had double-figures.
